Colorado Hotels

Reaching to the Sky I’d like to add one more instance of addiction if I could, the instance that I personally have; an addiction for driving through mountain passes. To satiate such longing, my girlfriend and I decided to head for The Rockies for my long weekend getaway. First, I didn’t want to drive my car to the Rockies as it would be quite a drive from my hometown, San Francisco. But, if we fly, how will we ensure that we get a fun car to drive through the stratospheric mountain passes? Georgetown Our first stop after passing the boring part of I-70 was Georgetown at exit 228. Georgetown ...

We are leaving our temporary home in Castle Rock, CO later in the afternoon being fully equipped with camping stuff, lot of snacks and plenty cold drinks in our shiny new cooler to fill in our hunger cravings during the long drive. Our target for today is to make it as far as possible as we are running out of the daylight. Direction? Utah, baby! Eating through our fruit snack and beautiful scenery out of my window. Darren throwing rocks and me posing for the camera man while taking one of the brakes on the way. Running out of the daylight and sunset reflecting in the Colorado river. We are ...

I spent a good deal of the day today (Saturday, June 27, 2009) on the computer finalizing the itinerary for our Colorado summer vacation. Hotels have been booked. In fact, I inadvertantely booked an extra night at the Holiday Inn Rocky Mountain Park in Estes Park. I reserved the room online at Priceline.com, then as soon as I realized I didn't need 4 nights, I called the hotel directly and they took off that extra night. Although the website was adiment about their no refunds/cancellations/changes policy, we'll see what happens when I check out. I'm trying to make this a well-planned trip but ...